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Water and Identity in the Ancient World: a workshop
Department of Classics & Ancient History, Ritson Room, 22-23 March 2010.

Programme:

22 March, 9.30am to 10am:
Welcome and coffee.
10 am to 1 pm:
Paola Ceccarelli (Durham), Introduction. Water, identity and culture: some
issues.
Penny Wilson (Durham), Twin Towns: The Relationship Between Towns Separated
by Nile branches in the Egyptian Delta
Johannes Haubold (Durham), The Achaemenid empire and the sea.
Robin Skeates (Durham), The place of the sea in the construction of
identities in Maltese prehistory.

Buffet Lunch

2pm to 6.30 pm:
Mario Lombardo (Lecce), Small and Big Islands in Greek Colonisation.
Flavia Frisone (Lecce), Rivers and identity in ‘colonial’ scenarios. River
names and land constructing in Greek Western apoikia.
Christy Constantakopoulou (Birkbeck), Identity and resistance: discourses of
insularity in the Aegean world.
4.15 to 4.45pm: Tea.
Zena Kamash (Oxford), From the Euphrates to the Thames: exploring attitudes
towards water in Roman Britain and the Near East.
John Donaldson (International Boundaries Research Unit, Durham), Water
Boundaries and Geopolitics in the Modern World.
General discussion.

Conference dinner

23 March, 9 am:
Steve Willis (Kent) Sea, Coast, Estuary, land and Culture in Iron Age
Britain
Jon Henderson (Nottingham) Expressing difference: Western Atlantic
Identities in the first millennium BC
Adam Rogers (Leicester), Water, identity and myth in Late Iron Age and Roman
Britain: some case studies.
11.15 to 11.45: Coffee.
Richard Hingley (Durham), Hadrian¹s Wall as an inlet of the sea?

Nicholas Purcell (Oxford), discussant
Michael Shanks (Stanford), discussant

1pm: Lunch for those who do not have to leave.
And, potentially, further discussion!

The workshop is open to all, but if you wish to attend please contact the
organizers: Dr Richard Hingley (richard.hingley AT durham.ac.uk) or Dr Paola
Ceccarelli (paola.ceccarelli AT durham.ac.uk).

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10th ANNUAL POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM ON ANCIENT DRAMA, JUNE 2010:

‘REVELRY, RHYTHM AND BLUES’

CALL FOR PAPERS
We are happy to announce the Tenth Annual Postgraduate Symposium organised
by the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of
Oxford and the Department of Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University
of London. This two-day event will take place on Monday 21st June at the
Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Oxford (66 St Giles) and
Tuesday 22nd June at Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham (Noh Studio).

ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM
Organised by postgraduates, this annual symposium focuses on the reception
of Greek and Roman drama, exploring the afterlife of ancient dramatic texts
through re-workings of Greek and Roman tragedy and comedy by writers and
practitioners. In previous years, speakers from a number of countries have
given papers on miscellaneous aspects of the reception of Greek and Roman
drama. Abstracts of papers from previous symposia are accessible online:
http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events.htm

To celebrate that the event’s tenth year, the symposium will focus on
‘Revelry, Rhythm and Blues’ in the reception of Greek and Roman drama from
antiquity to the present day. Some speakers from previous years will return
this year to participate, including: Zach Dunbar (Central School of Speech
and Drama), Eleftheria
Ioannidou (Freie Universitat Berlin), Angie Varakis (University of Kent) and
George Sampatakakis (University of Patras). It is hoped that other leading
academics in the field of reception such as Edith Hall, Fiona Macintosh,
Oliver Taplin and David Wiles will also be present.

PARTICIPANTS
Postgraduates from across the globe working on the reception of Greek and
Roman drama are welcome to participate, as are those who have completed a
doctorate but not yet taken up a post. The Symposium is open to speakers
from different disciplines, including researchers in the fields of classics,
modern languages and literature, or theatre studies. Practitioners are
welcome to contribute their personal experience of working on ancient drama.
Papers may also include demonstrations. Undergraduates are very welcome to
attend.

Those who wish to offer a short paper (20 mins) or performative presentation
on ‘Revelry, Rhythm and Blues’ are invited to send an abstract of up to 400
words outlining the proposed subject of their discussion to
postgradsymp AT classics.ox.ac.uk BY WEDNESDAY 31st MARCH 2010 AT THE LATEST.
(Please include details of your current course of study, supervisor and
academic institution).

There will be no registration fee, but participants will have to seek their
own funding to cover travel and accommodation expenses.

ORGANISERS
Helen Slaney (University of Oxford), Katie Billotte (Royal Holloway,
University of London) and Lottie Parkyn (Royal Holloway, University of London).

CONTACT FOR ENQUIRIES
postgradsymp AT classics.ox.ac.uk

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www.theatroedu.gr

«Ancient Greek Drama: contemporary approaches & education»
International Conference
Athens, 26-30 March 2010

Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network, in collaboration with the
European Network of Research and Documentation of Performances of Ancient
Greek Drama (Arc-Net), Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Goethe Institute in
Athens, Swedish Institute in Athens, The Embassy of Sweden, Department of
Early Childhood Education-National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, the
Embassy of Cyprus, the Dutch Institute in Athens, the Hellenic Centre of the
International Theatre Institute, the Educational Television, the British
Council in Greece, and other arts and educational organizations organizes
international symposium entitled

«Ancient Greek Drama: contemporary approaches & education»

on the 26th-30th of March 2010 in Athens.

A number of prominent international researchers and theatre practitioners
are taking part with lectures, discussions, practical workshops, and master
classes. These include
• Tasos Apostolidis, comics script writer, mathematician, director of the
Secondary Program of the American Farm School of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Dr Anastasia Bakogianni, Post-doctoral research associate in classical
studies, The Open University, U.K.
• George Biniaris, actor-director, Greece
• Dr Chronopoulou Giouli, Classics teacher, Educational Television, Greece
• Antigone Gyra, choreographer – artistic director of Kinitiras Dance
Spectacle and Kinitiras studio Artistic Residency Centre, Greece
• Lorna Hardwick, Professor, Dept. of Classics, The Open University, U.K.
• Hans Günther Heyme, art director, Theater im Pfalzbau, Ludwigshafen am
Rhein, Germany
• Damianos Konstantinides, theatre director, theatrologist, Assistant
Professor, Theatre Studies Dept., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Greece Greece
• Dimitris Lignadis, actor, theatre director, Greece
• Matina Lyssikatou, theatrologist, Educational Television, Greece
• Margarita Mandaka, choreographer, performer, Greece
• Michael Marmarinos, theatre director, Hellenic Centre of the International
Theatre Institute, Greece
• Platon Mavromoustakos, Professor, Theatre Studies Dept., National &
Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
• Michael Meschke, Emeritus Professor in Puppet Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden
• Helen Nicholson, Professor, Dept. of Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway
University of London, U.K.
• Eleni Papazoglou, Assistant Professor, Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, Greece
• Tina Parali, sculptor, scenery maker, Greece
• Dr Ioanna Remediaki, philologist, director, Athens, Greece
• Henri Schoenmakers, Professor, Theatre & Media Studies, Roosevelt Academy,
International Honors College of Utrecht University, Holland
• Dmitry Trubotchkin, Professor, Department of Theatre Studies, Russian
Academy of Theatre Arts GITIS, theatre director, State Institute for Art
Studies, Moscow, Russia
• Stavros Tsakiris, theatre director, Greece
• Philippos Tsalahouris, composer, music teacher at the Drama School of
Athens Odeon, Greece
• David Wiles, Professor, Dept. of Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway
University of London, U.K.
• Giorgos Zamboulakis, theatre director, Greece
• Dr Maria Zannetou-Papacosta, drama/theatre educator, Primary School
Principal, Cyprus

The aim of the Symposium is to accommodate and foster dialogue concerning
contemporary research and professional practice related to ancient drama and
education (formal and non-formal).

It can be attended by teachers, artists, theatrologists, students of theatre
and of education, and anyone who is interested in ancient Greek drama and
education.

Symposium languages: Greek & English

Submission of applications begins: 1st of February 2010

Places are limited. (Strict) order of priority will be observed

POST SYMPOSIUM MASTER CLASSES
On Tuesday, 30 March 2010, two master classes will take place in Athens.
1. Michael Meschke, Emeritus Professor in Puppet Theatre, Stockholm,
Sweden
2. Dr Maria Zannetou-Papacosta,drama/theatre educator, Primary School
Principal, Cyprus
More information soon at www.Theatroedu.gr

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Classics and the Classical in the Eighteenth Century.

A Conference at King¹s College London
15-16 July 2010, The Conference Room, King¹s College London, The Strand.

Convenor: William Fitzgerald (William.fitzgerald AT kcl.ac.uk)

Presentations will include:

Michael Silk (King¹s College London) ³Classical, Neo-classical and Romantic:
The Point of No Return².

Paul Davis (University College London) ³Volcanic Classicism²

Jonathan Sacks (Concordia, Canada), ³The Time of Decline²

Joshua Billings (Oxford) ‘²Sophocles and the German Spirit’².

Katherine Harloe (Reading) ³Winckelmann¹s Early Reception and the Invention
of Altertumswissenschaft²

Matthew Bell (KCL) ³Goethe and the Classics²

Sebastian Matzner (KCL) ³The Collapse of a Classical Tradition? An
Archaeological Investigation into OThe End of Rhetoric¹ around 1800:
Gottsched, Kant, Schlegel².

Crystal Bennes (KCL) ³Lucan and Problems of Genre in 18th Century France².

Michael Hardy (KCL) and Katherine East (Royal Holloway) ³Ciceronian Rhetoric
in Georgian England²

Matthew Hiscock (UCL) ³Classics for the Radical Fringe: Republicans and
Dissenters at the end of the 18th century²

Suzanne Aspden (Oxford) Making Musical Classics in Eighteenth-Century London

Ismene Lada-Richards (KCL). ³Thinking with Ancient Pantomime in 18th century
England and France².

To register, please contact William Fitzgerald
(william.fitzgerald AT kcl.ac.uk)

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Northwestern University’s Classical Traditions Initiative and the Department

of Classics present an Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar series event in the
2009-2010 series, ‘Out of Europe: Greek Drama in America’:

‘Greek Drama in African-American Theatre’

A two-day conference on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 March 2010 to be held in
the John Evans Alumni Center, 1800 Sheridan Road, Northwestern University,
Evanston, Illinois.

Speakers include: Daniel Banks (New York University), Justine McConnell
(Royal Holloway, University of London, and Northwestern University), Peter
Meineck (New York University),
Melinda Powers (John Jay College, City University of New York), Nancy
Rabinowitz (Hamilton College), Patrice Rankine (Purdue University), Sandra
Richards (Northwestern University), Kevin J. Wetmore (Loyola Marymount
University). There will also be readings from Sophocles’ Ajax by John
Douglas Thompson.

The schedule for the two days can be seen at
www.sawyerseminar.northwestern.edu/conference_march_2010.html. The
conference poster is available for downloaded as a PDF from the foot of the
same page.

All are most welcome to attend.

–
The next event in the Mellon-Sawyer Seminar series, 2009-2010 is the
‘Classicizing Chicago’ conference and exhibition, 20-22 May 2010.

For more information please see www.sawyerseminar.northwestern.edu or
contact Dr Kathryn Bosher, Assistant Professor of Classics, Northwestern
University (k-bosher AT northwestern.edu) or Dr Amanda Wrigley, Mellon-Sawyer
Postdoctoral Fellow in Classics, Northwestern University
(a-wrigley AT northwestern.edu).